SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Cellular One have made the Kyocera Aktiv wireless handset available to Cellular One subscribers.The durable, rubbberized CDMA phone is...
Football fans can help choose NCAA All-America players and create NFL fantasy football teams via text messaging with two new wireless services.Cingular Wireless has...
Worldwide mobile-phone sales are on track to reach 620 million units for full-year 2004, according to new market research from Gartner Inc.In fact, if...
ATLANTA-PRE Solutions has purchased the assets of GTS Prepaid, strengthening PRE Solutions' position as a provider of prepaid transaction-processing solutions, the company said."Acquisitions such...
CHENNAI, India-Flextronics Inc. said it has signed an agreement to buy FutureSoft, spreading the breadth of the electronic manufacturing services company's acquisitions.FutureSoft makes software...
Fourteen companies, including service providers, infrastructure suppliers and handset vendors, have come together to publish a set of open specifications for extending mobile voice...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier...
LONDON-British mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges will continue to partner with U.S. gaming company EA Sports to bring console video games to handsets.The announcement...
LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-Acclaim Entertainment, which boasted a string of console gaming successes last decade with hits including "Mortal Kombat" and "Turok: Dinosaur Hunter," filed...
European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The...
WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a Mississippi car dealer accused in a $15 million suit alleging cell-phone use contributed to a fatal driving accident in March...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has received the necessary consent from noteholders to authorize certain amendments to the indentures relating to its...
LUND, Sweden-Scalado AB, which provides mobile digital imaging platforms and applications, said it received new financing of about $2 million in a share transaction.The...
PITTSBURGH-Marconi Corp. said it has opened a new research and development facility near Boston.The facility will focus on developing a product platform for the...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has announced the first round of products certified for Wi-Fi Protected Access, otherwise known as WPA2. The products...
DENVER-U.K. mobile entertainment company Monstermob Group acquired Denver-based content provider 9 Squared Inc., the companies announced Tuesday.Monstermob paid $2.95 million in cash for 9...
LANSING, Mich.-SBC Communications Inc. said it will begin providing access to its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at 10 state parks in Michigan as part of...
Sprint Corp. reported that Ford Motor Co. has selected the telecommunications company to be the preferred wireless provider of Bluetooth phones and services for...
Centennial Communications Corp. reported $214.8 million in total revenues for its domestic and international operations during its fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31 of...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment.This follows Nortel's completion...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Jane Mago, chief of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and a long-time telecom regulator, is leaving...
PARIS-The French government said it will sell a 9.6-percent stake in France Telecom to institutional investors, lowering its holding to below 50 percent for...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging suppliers Comverse and Tecnomen both announced multimedia messaging service center contracts Wednesday.Comverse said Telefonica Moviles Espana selected its MMSC to be deployed...
Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless have made the Samsung SCH-a790 global phone available to Verizon Wireless customers.The quad-band CDMA/GSM phone allows Verizon Wireless...
